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WORKMEN'S TOPICS. (By MABON, M.P.) BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The Trade of this Compared with other Countries. The March Board of Trade returns, as we anticipated a month ago, have shown a good decline from the extraordinarily high figures ot 1907. As compared with March, 1^7, last month's external trade fell by about £ 00^000, of which £ 5,000,000 were imports, £ 1,800,000 in exports of British goods, and £ 2,100,00 by Re- exports of imported goods. These figures doubtless demonstrate the acute depression which has closely followed the greatest trade boom that the trade of ths world has ever experienced. The declining imports indicate a diminished home purchasing power and a diminished call for materials for both home and foreign trade. The declining re-export trade shows that a rapid contraction has taken place in foreign and Colonial trade, and the declining re-exports, which chiefly in imported materials, point to extraordinary slackened-industries. We only sold £ 5,925,000 worth of imported produce to foreigners in the last month. It compares badly with a.,110,200 worth that we sold in March, 1907, a fact that significantly points to a great Continental slackness. All ol these symptoms, it must be admitted, accen- f tuated by the fact that March this year con- tained one full working day more than March, 1907, went far to sustain the previous figures. A bad feature in the whole business is that it shows that the course of trade in the near future is not too promising that is so -specially as indicated by our imports of materials. In March, 1908, we imported less value of materials by £ 7,029,190 than in March, 1907, and that, in spite of the additional dav, will mean a falling off of nearly one-third. Less ore. less cotton, less wool, flax, jute, oil, seeds, hides, &c., were brought in and the fall in textile materials was severe also. The cmton trade, I think, claimed to be the last to feel the slump but it has been very heavily affected. No less than £ 3,400,000 less of raw cotton was imported, while exports of cotton, yarn, and cloths fell some £ 695,979. The woollen and worsted trades suffered badly as well. Though the downward movement was DUD a continued one on previous months and lost to us C784,136, there -is one consolation that our iron and steel exports of all forms actually reached a hundred millions sterling, and thus tifie comparison was with an exceptional period. Nevertheless the reaction, I fear, will be sorely felt in thousands of British homes. We are entitled to draw all the consolation we can. and though it is not much, it must be drawn chiefly from coal. Against the fore- going falls we have to put a rise of EMI in coal, a rise of £ 414,100 in ships, and a rise of iF246,735 in machinery. Again the returns give ao evidence of dumping. The fluctuation is perfectly natural in the course of our trade, and a fluctuation that still leaves us a little better off than in 1906, and a great deal better off than the countries whose fiscal policy is held up to our Admiration. Labour and Work. In these days when our adversaries—the Tariff Reformers—are so unduly forcing their discussions upon us in the House of Commons, and prophesying that they have the coming cause, &c., it would not be out of place could we command some adequate, trustworthy source to supply us with the necessary statistics wherewith we could make true and un- questionable comparison of the state of trade and employment in all countries that are com- petitors in the race for the biggest share of the trade of the world. As it is, the monthly and Quarterly reports that we had only included, as a rate, abstracts of such official information as is generally available with regard to the state of employment in foreign countries. From these we do the best we can to draw our inferences as to the state of trade and the fluctuations of employment in each of the foreign countries of the world from period to period. But, again, the bases of the official statistics published by foreign countries are not the asme as those published in the United Kingdom and their proper use is made very difficult indeed. However, we can but do our best with them. Hence, it is so refreshing and satisfactory to visit these countries occa- sionally for ourselves and have all possible reliable information on which to rest our case when testing our position. We find that em- ployment In Germanf for the first quarter of the present year seri- ously declined in quite a number of industries. True, some of it is partly due, we are told, to the thick frost that prevailed there for rather a lengthened period, which hindered building operations and laid up the shipping on the Rhine and the Elbe for three weeks. More- over, most of the industries of Germany, chiefly the iron and weaving, were adversely affected by the conditions prevailing in America. The toy making trade also has been so adversely affected that for a time the employment therein nearly ceased altogether. In Germany, on the other hand, as in Great Britain, the coal mining and the electrical industries, on the whole, continued good. In the engineering trades the demand for workmen was somewhat less than it was in the latter quarterof last year, but wherever it was possible to do sp short time was worked as an alternative to re- ducing the number of persons employed. In Belgium. According to returns made to the Belgian Labour Department, about 12-10 per cent-ofthe 45,309 members of the 207 Trade Unions report- ing, were unemployed mostly throughout the quarter, and this was as compared with 5 per cent. in the last month of last year. Perhaps I should remark that a greater proportion of workpeopleemployed in the building trades are now included in the statistics than in previous years, and that the building operations were largely suspended there also owing to frost, which explains largely the great apparent in- crease of unemployment in this little, but greatly priest-aid den country. Matters seem to have been better In France than in all the other Continental countries. Here, again, one finds that owing to the frosty weather employment in the building trades showed a considerable decline. On the whole, the metal trades stood their ground pretty well the first quarter of this year as compared with the best of the year before. Employment in the textile trade kept, at its normal rate, with a slight decline here and there. Coal mining here, again, remained fairly employed and, in t, was on the increase, the average num- ber of days worked per week by persons em- ployed underground in the French coal mines last quarter was really 5'84 as against 5*60 in the previous one. Conciliation and Arbitra- tion Boards seem to be fairly employed in the settlement of disputes though now that they have them fixed, employers, or a good many of them, seemed to have developed a great liking to discard them, and have their differences settled by direct negotiations with their work- men or their representatives. No one will blame them for this. I am certain, and no better results could have been effected by their being established. In the United States many industries seem to be greatly disturbed. No great inclination seems to prevail to have disputes settled where they exist. A great deal of day-to-day and hand-to-mouth kind of employment seems to prevail in that great country for the moment. Men are being still paid off here and there parts of great works were being stopped and, in view of the mild- ness of the weather there, again, certain coal mines had agreed to reduce their output, and the United Steel Corporation had notified its workpeople that they must further reduce their w,&ges. and in consequence of all this there is but very little abatement likely to take place in the great exodus of labourers from the United States, which began in November last. One great unpleasant feature in the indus- trial history and the conditions of a greaL and highly civilised country—America—is the tardiness of its legislators to place its indus- tried laws on an equality and favourable to it workers when compared with certain Euro- pean countries besides our own. It was only on the 6th of June last that it was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that the Employers' Liability Law, making rail- ways responsible for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow-servant was uncon- ditional and it was on the 27th of January last also that a decision of the Supreme Court, was issued declaring the Act of June 1st, 1595, which made it illegal for employers of e P labour to discharge their workmen for being members of a Trade Union, invalid. And, on the" other hand, another judgment was de- livered in February last which decided that Trade Unions cannot be permitted to interfere by boycott with the free exchange of com- merce between the States.

Sunday was the fifth anniversary of the 1 death of Chancellor Silvan Evans, the well- known Welsh litterateur.

Children Burnt to Death. WILD JUMPS FOR LIFE. A fire which caused great excitement and resulted unhappily in the loss of two lives and serious injuries to ten other people, broke out early on Saturday, morning (as briefly reported) in Derby-road, oil the Kings land-road, Dalston. The houses are very old and dilapidated, and are all occupied by several families. The fire was discovered between 3 and 3.30 a.m., and the flames spread so rapidly that, within 15 minutes the \vhole house was involved. Fortunately, the fire station was quite close, and the brigade were soon on the spot. Before anything could be done, however, two lives had been lost, the victims being Rose Brickley, aged 10, and Albert Streek, aged six. The injured were :-J. Pridige (28), Mary Ann Pridige (26), Emily Pridige (eight months), Albert Pridige (two), James Streek (32), and five others. Several of these jumped from the first. and second floors, and were injured by their fall, as well as being burnt. They were all taken to the Metropolitan Hospital, where their wounds were dressed, and later in the morning they were allowed to go home and become out- patients, with the exceptions of James Streek (32), and the little boy, Albert Pridige (two). The.se, however, are going on satisfactorily. The rescue work was attended with much peril, and created intense excitement. Too much cannot be said in praise of the bravery of a dustman named Askew, who lives in the same street. Rushing straight from bed, Askew plunged into the burning house four times in succession, and on each occasion re- appeared with a child in his arms. Of the injured Mr J. Pridige and his two- year-old son, Albert, were both injured by the jump from the second floor window, while Mrs Pridige and her eight-months-old baby, Emily, in addition to being rather badly burned, were similarly injured by the mother's leap for life. It was but a moment before the arrival of the brigade that Mr Streek appeared at the window of the second floor with two children in his arms. The crowd shouted to him to wait for a ladder, but with the flames break- ing out through the window around him, Mr Streek carried out his first intention of jumping to the ground with the children still in his arms, and all three were removed to the hospital badly burned. Whilst these scenes were being enacted at the front of the house, the other inhabitants were making good their escape at the back. The bodies of the two unfortunate victims were not recovered until the fire had been ex- tinguished and it was possible to make a search of the debris. The house was completely burnt, out, with the exception of the front room on the ground floor, which, curiously enough, was the onl room untouched.

Uncle and Nephew. SEQUEL TO A DIVORCEACTION Laurence Lawrence, aged 50, a member of the firm of jewellers, Saqui and Lawrence, residing at U xbridge-road, W., surrendered to his own recognisances at West London on Saturday to answer the remanded charge of assaulting his nephew Bertram Goodman, a dentist, of High-street, Notting Hill Gate. Goodman was recently cited as a co-respon- dent in a divorce suit which. Mr Lawrence brought against his wife. The suit was dis- missed, and Goodman now alleged that as he was riding in a tra.mr along Uxbridge-road on Friday night week, accompanied by Mrs Law- rence, whom he was seeing home after dining with her and two other friends at the Troca- dero. Mr Lawrence boarded the car and com- mitted a violent assault on him. Mr W. B. Campbell appeared for the prose- cution, and Mr W. H. Leycester defended. The prosecutor was recalled and questioned by the magistrate respecting the partnership agreement which existed, so the witness de- clared last week, between him and Mrs Law- rence. The witness stated that Mrs Lawrence put £100 into his business, and he agreed to allow her £ 2 a week out of the business. Mr Leycester Did the judge refuse you your costs at the divorce trial ?—Yes, he did. Did he say you bad brought the case about by your own action ?—Something like that. Do you know that Mr Lawrence has asked his wife to go back and she has refused?—Yes. Do you think it decent under the circum- stances to go out to dinner with her ?—Yes, certainly.. Is it your present intention to go on domg so, whether he objects or doesn't ?—I reserve that. The magistrate observed that in Ins opinion Mr Lawrence had done everything a gentle- man and a forgiving husband could do to induce his wife to return to him, and if the result had not been attained it was not his fault. He saw no reason even for binding the defendant over. He simply ordered him to be detained for one hour..

BOYCOTT OF BLACKPOOL. Miners' Quarrel with the Town Council. Last week saw a curious oomedy-aot without its element of seriousness—between the Blackpool Town Council and the Lanca- shire and Cheshire Miners' Federation. The Blackpool Council recently phssed a re- solution against the Mines Eight Hours Bill. This gave umbrage to the 75,000 members of the Federation, who promptly retaliated by arranging to visit Southport, a rival watering- place, for their annual demonstration. Black- pool repented during the past week, and re- scinded their resolution, since which time the resorts have competed for the miners' patron- age. Even the Southport Company-houses Proprietors' Association has declared itself in favour of the Eight Hours Bill, one member pointing out, with an eye to business, that miners would spend a lot of money in a little time." When a conference of the Federation was held at Wigan on Saturday to discuss the matter a letter of request and welcome was read from the Blackpool Company-houses Association. The delegates, however, were not to be cajoled, and decided by an over- whelming majority in favour of Southport. The demonstration will be held on May 23rd.

MOTOR-CAR CASES. Viscount Curzon. Fined. The Woking magistrates on Saturday fined Viscount Curzon, of Curzon House, E3 for ex- ceeding the speed limit with his motor-car at Ripley. The Viscount did not appear, but a letter from his solicitor stated he did not deny the charge. Evidence showed that the car was going 34 miles an hour. i At the same court James Roberts, of Scott Ellis Gardens, was fined E2 for travelling 32 miles an hour. When stopped it was stated that defendant said, I am Prince Ranjit- sinhji's driver. I am privileged you cannot do anything." i Ernest Humphrey, of Guildford, was also fined 10s for driving an unregistered car. He was driving a car to Camberley to be tried by a customer, but went a considerable distance out of his way to inspect a derelict car at Ottershaw, which he had been instructed to remove. The Bench held that in doing so be used the car for the purposes of his own busi-, ness, and that the usual exemption did not ap- ply-

SEALING SHIPS CRUSHED. A Disastrous Season. St. John's, Sunday.—The sealer Newfound- land arrived here to-day leaking badly owing to her bows and stern being crushed by ice floes. She brought only 8,500 seals. The crew of two hundred had spent the last thirty hours in pumping and baJing out water to prevent her sinking. They had not been able to cook a meal since Wednesday. The Newfoundland reports that the steamer Grand latke sank last Sunday. Her engines were crushed and she only floated for three hours afterwards. The crew of 214 were rescued by the steamer Van- guard. Twenty thousand seals sank with the ship. The loss of the ship and cargo, amount- ing to one million three hundred thousand dollars, is covered by insurance. The steamers Iceland and Ranger were also crushed so badly that the crew were obliged to careen them on ice floes and repair the bows and sides. All records of the disaster in the annals of the seal fishery have been broken this year.—Reuter.

GOULD-SAGAN ROMANCE. Reported Secret Wedding. New York, Saturday.—The Gould-Sagan romance continues to excite considerable interest over here, and to form one of the chief topics in the newspapers. To-day, how- ever, the New York World has got ahead of its competitors with the report that the Prince and Madame Anna Goukl have been secretly married. The World states that the couple tied into New Jersey by automobile ,inorder to escape the reporters, and were then quietly wedded. It is believed, according to this report, that the Prince and his wife intend to sail for Europe to-day by the Frederich der Grosse, on which they have booked passages under the name of Mr and Mrs Chapman. It is stated that their baggage is already on the liner, and the prince's servants have also gone on board.-Central News.

11 -1 I" Cartoon by Sir F. C. Gould. (Published by arrangement with the Westminster Gazette.")

WRECK OF A CARDIFF STEAMER Inquiry Judgment. A preliminary court oi inquiry into the cir- cumstances attending the loss of the Cardiff steamer Windsor while on a voyage trom Fre- mantle for Hong Kong,with loss of lifehas been I held at Perth, Western Australia, before the chief harbour master, and the judgment of the Court is that the vessel, owing to strong sou_ ti- westerly winds and heavy following sea, which caught her on the port quarter,, steered very I badly and worked to windward, and that in all probabilitv the steers-man, in endeavouring to check the same, gave her too much weather helm, and this with the inshore current took her to the eastward of the course set. (2) XhaX the course set, if made, was too fine, and it would have been more prudent considering the ,hort, distance to be saved on the long run to have given this dangerous locality a much wider berth. (3) That* everything possible was done on the shore to save life, and that the actions of the rescue party are deserving of highest commendation. (4) That the brave efforts of the late chief engineer, Mr W. Jen- kins, of Birkenhead, to establish communica- i tion between the wrecked steamer and the I tion between the wrecked steamer and the shore b v means of a life-line attached to him, by which he unfortunately lost his life, should be recognised by the proper authorities. It will be remembered that the commander of the Windsor, Captain Walters, of 82, Moorland- road, Cardiff, and Chief Officer Jones, of Aber- ayron, and Chief Engineer Jenkins lost their lives at the time of the wreck. I

JUMPED IN FRONT OF CARDIFF EXPRESS. TERRIBLE SUICIDE AT HEREFORD. I The terrible death of a man who jumped on to the line in front of the Cardiff to Birming- ham express at Hereford was investigated by the Hereford Coroner on Monday. The victim was Thomas Dowdeswell, otherwise Bridges, aged 31, recently employed at the Great Western Railway Works at Swindon. dence was given that he was a single man, and had been seven years in the 3rd Dragoon Guards. With his wages and E2 5s 8d, a quarter's reserve pay, he left Swindon on 1st April and walked to Hereford. Witnesses said he had been drinking heavily and sleep- ing out, and he had got into a low condition. He wrote a letter of farewell to his sister, with messages to his sweetheart and his relatives. Neatlv laying his overcoat under a railway bridge, with medal, army discharge, letter, and other articles upon it, he hid behind a buttress until the Cardiff to Birmingham pas- senger train was close upon him. The fireman saw him jump out, and pattmg his hands together dive on to the outer rail. The victim was cut through the lower ribs, the body being severed and his head and limbs being fear- fully mangled. Looking back the fireman saw the legs leave the wheels. A verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane was re- turned.

MAKING HERSELF VERY WET. Lottie Freeman, a young woman living in Clapham, was charged on Saturday with at- tempting to commit suicide. Frederick Everitt said he found the prisoner in a pond at Clapham Common, several men standing looking on. He pulled her out. The Magistrate How deep was the water there T „ The Witness I went in up to my waist.— Magistrate (to the prisoner) You succeeded in making yourself very wet. What have you to say ? The Prisoner I have had a lot of trouble. The Magistrate I don't see why you should make yourself very wet. A friend having undertook to look after her, she was discharged.

ABERDAREBANKRUPTCYCOURT Lady Debtor's Liabilities £ &2, HER DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE. Costly Wedding Celebrations. At Aberdare Bankruptcy Court on Monday, before Mr Rees Williams, registrar, Amelia Fine returned her liabilities at £ 332 l5s 2d, and had no assets of any account, having disposed of the whole of her book debts, amounting to 9450, in September last to her son-in-law, a Mr Barnett, at Baijgoed, for SLO, and had also disposed of the we of her stock a few days before filing to.);the same gentleman. She stated she had Used all that money to pay expenses on the occasion of her daughter's marriage and the ball following. Debtor had kept no books of account, she had taken no interest in the business, but it had been carried on by her daughters in her name. To many questions put to her by the official receiver, she replied I don't know," I can- not remember." The examination was ad- journed, the Registrar intimating that unless she could give a better. IX" as to how the money had been dlfipW" would not close the examination. A Grocer's Affairs Richard D. Griffiths, grocer, Griffith-street, Aberdare, attended for his adjourned public examination. Debtor, who was represented by Mr W. Thomas, solicitor, in reply to the Official Receiver (Mr Ellis Owen), said he had f orrected his statement of affairs and accounts. He had increased the liabilities from JE527 to £ 405, and the deficiency by L78, which now stood at L371 7s 2d. The examination was i closed. A Farmer's Ill-Luck. John Morgan, Tynewydd Farm, Lhvydcoed, who was represented by Mr W. R. Edwards, solicitor, Aberdare, returned his gross lia- bilities at E245 17s 7d expected to rank for dividend zE227 12s 3d assets, after deducting amount due for rent distrainable, JE97 15s 8d, leaving a deficiency of C129. He had been obliged to file owing to a judgment summons for JE40 which had been owing for many years. It was a grazing farm, and for some time he used to make butter, but owing to his wife's illness he had to give that up, and he then commenced to sell milk. He had had a' great deal of ill-luck, and the wet summer last year practically ruined him. The examination was closed. A Barrel a Week. Re Albert John Pritchard.—This debtor, who had been in business since December last as a publican, at the Britannia Inn, Aberdare, owed JE94 12s 5d. His assets were £5 7s 6d deficiency 189 4s lid. In 1902 debtor was a hairdresser in Pontypridd, commencing with a capital of £ 2, borrowed money, which he had repaid. He opened a tobacconist shop, and7 borrowed M from his mother. In June, 1907, he removod to anothershop, living on the pre- mises, and in December last he took the Britannia Inn. Aberdare. He got 1100 for the business at Pontypridd, and out of that he paid most of his creditors. The business in Aberdare did not pay him, his average sales per week only amounting to one barrel of beer. He made an offer to his creditors in January last to pay 2s 6d in the E, but he met with a refusal. The examination was ad- journed. 1

YELLOW CAR MYSTERY. The Yellow car mystery has been solved by the police. Sergealit Waghorn has traced I the driver of the motor-car alleged to have j caused the accident at-Albourae, and as soon 1 as the condition of the injured persons permits of them giving evidence, he will appear at the Hayward's Heath Petty Sessions charged with j driving to the public danger. The motor-car I in question was cream colour.

PIT FAN SPRAGGED. REMARKABLE PROSECUTION. At Aberavon on Monday Richard Thos. Rees, fitter Silas Rees, fitter; and William Snell, pumper, employed in the Phoenix Merthyr Colliery, Glyncorrwg, were jointly charged with causing wilful and malicious damage to some machinery at the colliery on March 10th. Mr T. J. Hughes, Bridgend, prosecuted, and Mr W. P. Nicholas defended the three men. Mr Hughes said the charge was one of a serious nature. On the 10th March the three defendants left work about 8.30. Before leav- ing the colliery they went into the engine-house. About 8.40 the man in charge of the power- house found that something, had gone wrong with the machinery in the fan-hoase, and that the fan had stopped. The lights also blazed up. The man at once switched off the power, and sent his assistant to the power house, who found that the cable was lying on the ground and considerable injury done. The switch had been drawn out, the belt was off the pulley, and the lubricator was missing, whilst the fan was spragged. Mr Hughes said the evidence was circumstantial. The charges against the defendants were dismissed. They were further charged with neglecting to report that the fan was stopped and the cable cut, in accordance with the colliery bye- laws. Defendanls pleaded guilty to a tech- nical offence, and the Bench ordered them to pay costs.

ON BRYNMENIN ROADSIDE. Girl's Serious Charge. At Bridgend on Monday Bedford John Gaff, 21, was charged with attempting to commit a serious assault on a young woman named Catherine Maud Llewelyn, residing with her parents at Greenmeadow-eottages, Byrnmenin, on Saturday night. Mr Henry Lewis (Messrs Hughes and Lewis) prosecuted, and Mr J. Hayden defended. Mr Lewis said that complainant was return- ing from the station at Brynmenin on Satur- day night after 11 o'clock when the defendant, who was in the employ of the Great Western Railway Co., came to her and pushed her. She asked what he was about, and he then attempted to commit an assault. Prosecutrix tried to defend herself as best she could. She screamed, and her mother came in response to her cries, and defendant ran away. The defendant was after- wards found sleeping in the signal box at Brynmenin at 3 o'clock in the morning. On being told of the chrage to be preferred against him he said, I admit I was with her last night. I don't think there would have been a word said only she saw her mother coming, and she started to scream and I walked away." Prosecutrix having given evidence in support of Mr Lewis's statement, prisoner was re- manded on bail until Saturday, himself in f2.5 and two sureties of X25 each.

LOVE TRAGEDY ON STEAMER. A terrible love tragedy on board a steamer is reported from Algiers. The chief engineer, named Lemarc, of the Due de Bragance, was engaged to a young woman named Mar- celine Pleinecassagne. The courtship was marked by frequent quarrels. The girl, anxious to break with her lover, informed him that she had found another suitor. This news filled the engineer with despair. He bought a revolver and a dagger, and invited the girl to bid him good-bye before he sailed. She responded to the invitation, and boarded the steamer. Lemarc took her in the cabin, which he locked, and the next moment two revolver shots rang out. The cabin door was broken open, and the lovers' dead bodies were found lying in a pool of blood. The engineer had premeditated his crime, for two letters to his relatives indicated that he intended to loll his sweetheart and then take his own life.

"COUNTING THE COST." Bung Your beer will cost you more. The British Workman Not in this line. auvn=

Uandilo Solicitors. "BREEZE" 1N THE POUOE COURT. There was a breeze at Liandilo Police Court on Saturday during the hearing of a summons against a licensee for alleged per- mitting drunkenness. Mr T. G. Williams, who appeared for the police, was opening the case when Mr J. W. Bishop, son of the clerk of the court (Mr Lewis Bishop), raised an objection, against which Mr Williams protested. Mr J. W. Bishop withdrew his objection, but Mr T. G. Williams said that if Mr Bishop objected to him he would object to his appearing in that court. Mr J. W. Bishop Why Mr Williams replied that he objected to his appearing in a court of which his father was Mr J. W. Bishop answered that it was for Mr Williams to prove that he was either a clerk or a partner with his father. Mr Lewis Bishop I should like it to be known I have no connection with Mr J. Walton Bishop. Mr T. G. Williams made a remark about taking it seriously, and Mr J. W. Bishop asked why he should have made that statement ? Mr T. G. Williams I put it in this way and let it go to the County Council I make a formal objection to his appearing during the time his father is clerk. I am not here to quarrel. I mention it as a formal matter. I don't raise it so much for my own case as for my colleagues. I don't think it is fair he should appear here or in the County Court-his father is registrar-and nobody else thinks it fair. I take formalobjection now. Mr J. W. Bishop remarked that it was strange to take objection after a man's word was given. Mr A. S. Gulston (chairman of the justices) I think we will go on with the case. Mr T. G. Williams I think it is a matter for the County Council. In the interests of the profession the County Council should be applied to. Mr Henry Jones Thomas, C.C. Let us have your objection. Mr Williams, in reply, said that Mr J. W. Bishop kept an office in the same building as the clerk. He asked how long since they had ceasef". to be partners ? Hotb Mr Bishops replied Never have been. Mr T. G. Williams If he never has been, wi en did he cease to be clerk ? Mr L. Bishop In February last. Mr T. G. Williams said that to the outside world the position was still the same. He thought they should, as a matter of courtesy, tell them what the position was. Mr J. W. Bishop You know now. The Clerk If Mr Williams had mentioned before I should have had pleasure in telling him.

SWANSEA ART GALLERY. RESULT OF THE POLL The poll of the burgesses of Swansea, taken on the question whether they will submit bo id rate for the maintenance of the art gallery which Mr Glynn Vivian has offered to erect at a cost of £ 10,000, and to equip with a large col- lection of works of art, has resulted m follows F6r 9rS22 Against 3.887 Majority for 5,435 The total number of voting papers sent out was 18,777. An analysis of the voting shows that 13,209 voted pro or con. There were no fewer than 2,786 papers declared invalid for the following reasons :—Not marked, 1,435 not signed, 760 signed by persons other than those whose names appear on the burgess roll, 581. Then there were 9&5 papers undelivered for various reasons, and L797 papers not re- turned. While the proportion of unrecorded votes is remarkable, there can be no doubt that the opponents polled their full strength, and that the 1,435 voting papers not marked and the 1,797 papers not returned may fairly be claimed as certainly not against, in which case it may be regarded that while a majority of 5,435 declared in favour a further 3,282 declared themselves not opposed. The result is re- garded by the supporters of the movement as quite satisfactory, and during the afternoon it was telegraphed to Mr Glyn Vivian, who is in London.

MISSILE'THAT WENT ASTRAY Charge of Causing Death. Thomas Green (61), of Havelock-street, was brought before Ald. P. W. Carey and Mr J. Allan at Cardiff on Saturday on the charge of causing the death of Mary Pendleton, who was struck on the head with an iron missile, alleged to have been intended for prisoner's wife. Mr Harold Lloyd, who appeared to prosecute, stated that prisoner was at the coroner's in- quest on Friday committed on a charge of manslaughter. He was charged on the list with murder, but the facts did not disclose a case of murder, but one of manslaughter. He was not ready to proceed with the charge, and the police asked for a remand until next Wednes- day, when .he whole case would be gone into. Mr Herbert Samuel, who defended, said he did not object to a remand, but asked the magistrates to consider the Question of bail. The facts showed that the case was more or less of a technical character. Mr Lloyd objected to bail until the case was heard on Wednesday, and the magistrates, in granting the remand, refused bail.

FISHGUARD AS MAIL PORT. Intentiens of the Boath Line. Our Fishguard correspondent is officially informed that another Booth liner will touch at Fishguard Harbour on or about the 22nd inst., but the name of the vessel was withheld, and the report that the as Anthony, of the Booth line, was the steamer, was not con- firmed. That there will be regular callings during the next few months was admitted. In a letter from the Booth Shipping Company, received last week by a local inquirer, it was stated that the Booth line would make Fish- guard a regular port of call in future. For many months past theHbulder Shipping Line, of Liverpool, have dropped their pilots at Fishguard owing to the sheltered nature of the harbour. New 6.W.R. Tttfbine. The new G.W.R. turbine St. Andrew, launched from the yard of Messrs John Brown and Co., Clydebank, some weeks ago, is due at Fishguard during the middle of next week. The St. Andrew is similarly appointed to her three sister ships, but is 30 feet longer and has an upper promenade deck.

A GLAMORGAN TRUSTEE. Application for Committal. In the Bankruptcy Division of the Royal Courts of Justice, on Saturdays before Mr, Jus- tice Bigham, the action came on of re W. J. Bevan, exparte Board of Tradtf v. John David Morgan. It was a Glamorgan motion to com- mit a trustee. Mr Howell, on behalf of the Board of Trade, applied for the committal of the trustee, John David Morgan. He remin- ded his Lordship that he made an order on the 29th of July directing the trustee to com- ply with an order of the Board of Trade to give certain accounts. The order was served on him on the 1st March. The papers were all in order and were served personally on the 29th October, and he did not think there was any defence. The clerk then called the names of the trustee, and there was no response. His Lord- ship said he would make the order for com- mittal, with costs, and directed that it should lie in the office for a fortnight.

FLOGGING A PROTEST. The Newport (Mon.) branch of the Indepen- .dent Labour Party, have passed a resolution declaring that, whilst sincerely desirous of discouraging crime, they strongly condemn and protest against the sentences of flogging passed at Cardiff recently, afi inhuman and degrading, both to the crimimfl and the com- munity, and that such punishment, being simply punitive and more id the nature of revenge than reformative, is calculated to prevent rather than promote the moral re- | clamation of the criminal and to retard the I more reasonable efforts towards criminal re-

WELSH GLEANINGS, News and Views in Lighter Vein. The Bishop of Llandaff is leaving his diocese this week for about ten days. We are asked to state that on any matters of urgent import ance inquiries should, in the first instance, during the period mentioned, be addressed to the Diocesan Registry, Castle-street, Cardiff. Mr J. M. Howell, J.P., of Abemyron, ewn- tributes an interesting illustrated article to the Great Western Railway Magazine" describing the beauties of the Vale of Ayvon, in Cardiganshire, unsurpassed for its groves, woodlands, and picturesque scenery. He believes Aberayron to be one of the rising fashionable watering-places, especially in view of the splendidsummer arrangements made by the G. W.R. Co. and the service of road motor omnibuses with Lampeter and Aberystwyth. The H? lmersmith and the Carmarthen Guardians are beginning to threaten litiga- tion again over the chargeabiiity of a person named Macumasky. He certainly was not a native of Carmarthen. The first part of his name looks like Scotch, and the latter part looks like Russian. Anyway, he lived ten years in Carmarthen, and acquired a settle- ment there. Then he went to London, and immediately went into the Hammersmith Workhouse. It looks very much as if the Hammersmith workhouse had a better repu- tation for comfort than the Carmarthen establishment. The Welsh poet and author, Mr W. H. Davies, a native of Newport, whose interesting and romantic career has been published in these columns, has now settled in the countryin the Weald near Sevenoaks, where he is pursu- ing his literary labours. Leaving poetry for prose, for a time, Mr A. C. Fifield will shortly publish for him The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp," in which he' relates his ex- periences, and for which Mr George Bernard Shaw has written an introduction. This will be followed shortly by another volume of poems. Vancouver Welshmen, who now nmnber their hundreds, celebrated St. David's Day this year with a banquet and a concert. The latter was attended by the city folk generally, who speedily fell under the spell of the old airs and hymns of Wales sung by the recently- formed Welsh choir. The soloists included Miss Edwards, of Cardiff, who sang the late Mr William Davies's 0 na byddai'n haf o hyd," and Mr David Howells, another South Walian, and a very taking baritone, whose Gwiad y Delyn convinced the Westerners of the aptness of the phrase, the land of the harp," applied to Wales. It is noteworthy that Sir Thomas Whittaker, M.P., who spoke at the great temperance demonstration at Cardiff last night, is at the head of one of the largest life insurance com- panies in the kingdom, and that this organisa- tion was commenced by teetotalers because insurance companies regarded total abstinence as adverse to the health of their clients. Very soon after the establishment of the United Kingdom institution it was demonstrated that teetotalers were the better lives," and in later years other companies have offered lower rates to abstainers. A story is told of Councillor Peter Wright, Newport, whose wrestling performances are now the admiration of a large circle of his admirers. When holidaying on the Continent with some of his Newport Docks colleagues they entered his name on the hotel bbok as Dr. Wright," and it was as Dr. Wright that the hotel people knew him for some days. About 2 o'clock one morning, however, there was some hard knocking at his bedroom door, with an immediate request that he should assist in a case in another room of the hotel. The doctor was nonplussed for the moment, but excused himself that as he was on holidays etiquette prevented him interfer- ing with the duties of the local medical man There was an amusing little scene at the Welsh Church Commission on Wednesday, when a Church of England witness (Nii Joseph Lloyd) in order to prove some of his figur, put in a bundle of society reports. Studying one of these, the Lord Justice presently made a discovery. Why," said he, ,this pam- phlet you have given me is the Home Mission report of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists The witness, blushing and smiling, dived into his bag and brought out this time the right document. V Pray, sir," asked the Lord Justice, roguishly, are you a Calvinistic Methodist ?" No, my Lord," replied the witness, but," he added, with some pride, my mother is!" There have been many Anglican clergy-men it the Commission, from the Bishop of St. David's downwards, who, if similarly questioned, could have returned the same answer. A New Hat Won. Mr Donald Maclean is getting a new hat. Speaking at Mr Runciman's meeting in the Park Hall, held a short time ago, Mr Maclean related how, in the early days of the first Session, Mr Runciman, then occupying a minor position in the I new Government, acci- dentally knocked over the hat of the senior member for Bath. An apology was promptly tendered, and as promptly accepted, on the condition that when the then junior Minister became a member of the Cabinet he would make amends by providing a new hat. Mr Maclean has already made application for the fulfilment of the promise. Home Rule for Hell." A.G.G. writing a character sketch of Mr lJoyd George in the Daily News," says He has passion, but it is controlled. He does not burn with the deep spiritual fire of Glad- stone. It flashes and sparkles. It is an instru- ment that is used, not an obsession of the souL And so with his humour. It coruscates it does not warm all the fibres of his utterance. It leaps out in light laughter. It is the humour of the quick mind rather than of the rich mind. We will have Home Rule for Ireland and for England and for Scotland and for Wales," he said,addressing some Welsh far- mers. And for hell," interposed a deep, half-drunken voice. Quite right. I like to hear a man stand up for his own country." Lloyd Gaorge and Winston. In the same sketch A.G.G." declares that the new Chancellor of the Exchequer is the antithesis of Mr Winston Churchill in some respects, though like him in daring, and he illustrates his point with a conversation between the! two. I do not trust myself to the moment on a big occasion," said Mr Chur- chill. I don't mind it in debate or in an ordinary platform speech but a set speech I learn to the letter. Mark Twain said to me. You ought to know a speech' as you know your prayers,' and that's how I know mine. rve written a speeeh out six times in my owr hand." I couldn't do that," said Mr Lloyd George. I must wait for the crisis. Here are mv notes for the Queen's Hall speech." And he took out of his pocket a slip of paper with half-a-dozen phrases scrawled in his curiously slanting hand. The result is a certain thinness which contrasts with the breadth and literary form of Mr Churchill's handling of a subject, or with the massive march of Mr Asquith's utterance. The Church in Wales. The 61 Carnarvon Herald" has secured some very interesting facts concerning the Church of England in Anglesey. For instance in the parish of Llanfigael, where the rector enjoys a stipend of E271 and house, there is no service either morning or evening. On Sunday after- noon the rector went to church to ring the bell, but no one attended the service. At Llanfihangel Dinsylwy, with a stipend of ClIO and house, services are only held every alter- nate Sunday afternoon. At Llanfihangel-yn- rhowyn ( £ 170) the only people present were the vicar and the Pressman—no service; whilst at Llanfflewyn (R224 and house) the whole congregation consisted of Rev. Chancellor cont, Williams, the sexton, a member of the Metho- dist chapel, the chancellor's servant, and two others. A Welsh Cabinet. The elevation of Mr Lloyd George to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer and the rumoured promotion awaiting other Welsh members have caused Welsh Nationalists to become dreamers of dreams. To-day's (tyL-jn- day's) Gfnedl Gymreig tries ham1' at Cabinet making, and presents a liM of r- com- plete Cabinet composed entire members. The list runs thus :— Prime Minister Mr Lloyd bv Ore. Chancellor of the Exchequer JMj D. A. Thoft.as Lord Chancellor .Sir S. T. Evans Home Secretary Air Ellis Davies Foreign Secretary Mr Ellis Jones Griffith Colonial Secretary .Mr Herbert Roberts Secretary for Waf .Col. Sir Ivor Herbe -t Secretary for India J. D. Ree3 President of Local Government Board Sir Alfred Thomas President of Board of Trade Minister of Education Mr William Jonee Attorney-General Sir D. Brynmor Jones Solicitor-General Mr Lloyd Morgan President Board of Agriculture, Mr Osmond Williams First Lord of the Admiralty .Mr McKenua With two exceptions these are all Welsh speak- ing members from Wales, so that the Cabinet discussions oould be carried on in the language of Paradise- These would make a by nc insicnificani: Cahiiu>i.